Porsche have gone all-in on electrification for the next Macan with no petrol, range-extender or PHEV option, just a BEV. Given the typical Macan usage pattern I think that makes sense as given EV handles just as nicely, has plenty of…
"But you'll need to spend $20,000 on a new EV battery in five years!"
The anti-EV crowd like to roll out the spectre of replacing an EV's battery, which is of course hugely expensive, pointing out that's not a cost ICE vehicle…
Australia now has a fully electric ute that is AWD, can carry nearly a tonne and tow four and half tonnes. It is the AusEV Ford F-150 Lightning and I've tow-tested it. Watch the video below, and I will add here…
Caravan towing safety is becoming more and more of a problem; van makers consistently state weights which are lighter than the reality, and towcar makers overstate the ability of their cars to tow. And, van makers appear to pay abolsutely no attention…
Ford's Super Duty Range tease continues.
Two new items:
1. wheels are 8 stud, 18" steelies 2. tyre diameter 33" all-terrains
The 8-stud, same as the F-250, is for load bearing and means the Leg Day Ranger crowd cannot run their favourite…
Calder Park Raceway in Victoria is very close to Melbourne and unlike Sandown, not under any threat of closure for housing. It has a racetrack, dragstrip, oval and holds drift events.
In the video below I describe the racing…
Yes, and no.
The biggest factor in towing stability is a heavier towcar than the trailer. So, ideally from a specification perspective, the max tow should be less than the towcar's unladen weight, certainly less than its GVM. And from an operating…
To much publicity, Willowbank Raceway dragstrip has banned road registered Fully Electric Vehicles from racing or testing. The statement includes this text:
Note the emphasis on road registered. This is strange, given that the reasons would apply to non-road-registered…
Today, everything anyone does is on the socials. That has many positives, as for those of us Gen X and older we often don't have photographs of treasured times. But, photos which we'd rather exist, don't exist and we're glad not to…
Two new utes launching into an ultra-competitive market.
One's a gamechanger, the other is not.
You never know till you drive it, but what does the Tasman offer that we can't already have? Not power. Not an innovative drivetrain. Not a super…